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‘Walk with Us…’ Student Peer-Mentoring in Interdisciplinary Cancer Education

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‘Walk with us…’ reflects on a series of innovative educational journeys that have offered value addition in cancer education of health professions students. It provides an insight into interdisciplinary peer education through extra-curricular pathways. It taps on student creativity and inspirational techniques in health education that stimulate student-centered learning.

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Dr. Ikram Burney, Senior Consultant, Oncology Unit, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman; Dr. Varna Taranikanti, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Dr. Shadia Al-Bahlani, Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Allied Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, for partnering in mentoring the medical and biomedical sciences students.

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  1. College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

    Zainab Al-Maqrashi, Yasser Al-Lawati, Amira Al-Sadi & Malak Al-Wahaiby

  2. MBRU College of Medicine, Dubai Health Care City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Ritu Lakhtakia

  3. Department of Pathology, COM and HS, SQU, Muscat, Oman

    Ritu Lakhtakia

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  1. Zainab Al-Maqrashi
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Correspondence to Ritu Lakhtakia.

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Al-Maqrashi, Z., Al-Lawati, Y., Al-Sadi, A. et al. ‘Walk with Us…’ Student Peer-Mentoring in Interdisciplinary Cancer Education. J Canc Educ 34, 201–202 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-017-1197-4

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